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A Breathing Well in Logan Codntt, Kansas. 



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Watching a Snake for an Hour. Waldo 



Dennis ■ 



Cdrrent Notes on Anthropology.— XX. D. 



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Palffiolitbic Man; A Last Word. Charles C. 



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Meteoric Shower. Edgar L. Larkin : 



Pseudoanrora. H. A. Bazen I 



Brilliant Meteor. C. F. Maxviell ; 



Ink Stains. A. M. Whiton I 



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